http://sportsclimax.com Sports News & Articles Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:39:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sportsclimax.com/wtf/tiger-historys-most-bizarre-moment/ http://sportsclimax.com/wtf/tiger-historys-most-bizarre-moment/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:18:31 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=532 ST LOUIS - This week is the anniversary of one of the most bizarre incidents in MLB history. During the second game of a double-header, Brown's owner Bill Veeck inserted Chicago-born Eddie Gaedel into the line-up to pinch hit. Unusual? In this case it was . . . Gaedel was a midget who stood 3 feet 7 inches tall.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/wtf/tiger-historys-most-bizarre-moment/feed/ 3 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/ailing-tigers-need-miracle-worker-to-contend/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/ailing-tigers-need-miracle-worker-to-contend/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:42:23 +0000 Mateo Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=6145 After the All-Star break the Tigers were trailing the White Sox by a half game in the AL Central and at that point didn’t have any gaping holes but a few broken bones later, things have suddenly changed.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/ailing-tigers-need-miracle-worker-to-contend/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/garza-hurls-5th-no-hitter-1st-in-rays-history/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/garza-hurls-5th-no-hitter-1st-in-rays-history/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:03:52 +0000 Brett Kettyle http://sportsclimax.com/?p=6123 The year of the pitcher continued when Matt Garza became the fifth (or sixth) pitcher to throw a no-hitter this year--the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 5-0.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/garza-hurls-5th-no-hitter-1st-in-rays-history/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/will-al-central-go-down-to-final-week/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/will-al-central-go-down-to-final-week/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:49:03 +0000 Brett Kettyle http://sportsclimax.com/?p=6096 For the past two seasons, the AL Central race has gone to the last day of the season, actually, it’s gone past that.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/will-al-central-go-down-to-final-week/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tigers-rookies-boesch-and-jackson-tearing-it-up/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tigers-rookies-boesch-and-jackson-tearing-it-up/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:17:20 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=5643 The 2nd place Detroit Tigers appear to be built for the present and future as their rookie tandem of Brennan Boesch and Austin Jackson continue to tear up the bases.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tigers-rookies-boesch-and-jackson-tearing-it-up/feed/ 1 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/umpire-joyce-joins-buckner-in-hall-of-shame/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/umpire-joyce-joins-buckner-in-hall-of-shame/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:41:14 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=5277 After last night’s 'Bill Buckner' moment, MLB ump Jim Joyce will forever be remembered for making one of the most asinine calls in the history of sports.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/umpire-joyce-joins-buckner-in-hall-of-shame/feed/ 8 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/mlbs-cabrera-coming-clean-are-you-listening-tiger-woods/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/mlbs-cabrera-coming-clean-are-you-listening-tiger-woods/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:33:03 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=4038 LAKELAND, Fla. - Coming off a bad incident that occurred during the Detroit Tigers' late season run for a playoff spot last year, power hitter Miguel Cabrera has been campaigning with the media to clear the air.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/mlbs-cabrera-coming-clean-are-you-listening-tiger-woods/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/its-finally-official-johnny-damon-is-a-detroit-tiger/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/its-finally-official-johnny-damon-is-a-detroit-tiger/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:49:47 +0000 Miriam Romain http://sportsclimax.com/?p=3923 LAKELAND, Fla. - Today, in a press conference held at the Tigers' spring training facility in Lakeland, Florida, Damon was officially presented as the newest Tiger. The 36-year-old outfielder has an impressive resume that includes being a part of two World Series winning teams, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/its-finally-official-johnny-damon-is-a-detroit-tiger/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-leveled-to-final-shovel-of-dust/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-leveled-to-final-shovel-of-dust/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:44:12 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=2366 DETROIT - While Sports Illustrated is featuring the Tigers' current home Comercia Park on their cover this week; at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull demolition experts and heavy machinery continued to flatten Tiger Stadium one beam and support at a time. Those bulldozers ripped the concrete and riveted steel girders out of that structure and buried them in a nearby landfill, but could not purge the heart and soul out of that ballpark.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-leveled-to-final-shovel-of-dust/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/nba/top-10-reasons-to-want-to-be-traded-to-the-pistons/ http://sportsclimax.com/nba/top-10-reasons-to-want-to-be-traded-to-the-pistons/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:00:02 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=371 #10 You know ahead of time you can plan family vacations just before the Finals. #9 You will never have the most technical fouls on the team. #8 You get to hang out at a Palace with a guy named Prince. #7 Great chance of attending a victory parade next year . . . ]]> http://sportsclimax.com/nba/top-10-reasons-to-want-to-be-traded-to-the-pistons/feed/ 1